Spear Thistle or Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle is a common biennial of fields, roadsides, wastegrounds and gardens.
Flowering between July and October, it can grow to a height of 1.25m.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor ...
Spring Valley, Trentham
A stereoscope view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood from King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton
St. Leonard's Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape and church exterior taken at St. Leonard's Church, Church Lane, Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
St. Mary & All Saints Church, Checkley
Church exterior of St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley. St. Mary's Church has Norman, Early English and Perpendicular features and was remodeled in the 17th century. The building on the ...
Stafford Coal & Iron Company Colliery, Old Sideway Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south east from Old Sideway Road area in Boothen towards the Stafford Coal and Iron Company's colliery. The two winding gear towers can be seen in the centre of the photograph, with the waste tips ...
Staffordshire Geological Map. Photographed by William Blake.
Geographical Map of Staffordshire taken from a publication entitled "The Victoria History of the Counties of England."
Stanley Moss and Stanley Mill, Endon
A view looking south east from Leek New Road over the open fields of Stanley Moss in Endon. The tall chimney and surrounding buildings belong to Harrison and Son's Victoria Mill, specialising in grinding ...
Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Stanley Waterfall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Waterfall at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stanley, Calf. Photographed by William Blake.
Farm scene including a calf, gate and farmhouse. Taken at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stannier's Allotments, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stannier's Allotments, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Star and Garter Road, Normacot
The sand and gravel quarries can be seen to the left.
Stockton Brook from Baddeley Green Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along Baddeley Green Lane to the junction with Leek New Road (A53). In the distance is the higher ground of Stockton Brook (right) and Ball Edge (left). There are still garages each side ...
Stoke to Leek railway at Stockton Brook
A view west along the Stoke to Leek branch line from the short tunnel at Stokton Brook. To the right is the, now demolished, chimney of Stockton Brook waterworks, with the works roof just visible. The ...
Stoke to Newcastle railway line at King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The camera is looking along the railway line from Stoke to Newcastle just after it emerges from the tunnel at Albert Street. The photograph was taken from the top of either John Street or Wharf Street. ...
Stone quarry at Baddeley Edge, Stoke-on-Trent
The east facing outcrop of a gritstone quarry at the north end of Greenway Hall Road in Baddeley Green. Endon village is in the distance on the right. The plume of steam is a train on the Stoke to Leek ...